Author : J. C. Loudon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528150842
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)
Book Synopsis The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural Domestic Improvement, 1826, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) by : J. C. Loudon
Download or read book The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural Domestic Improvement, 1826, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by J. C. Loudon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural Domestic Improvement, 1826, Vol. 3 IN this Third Volume of the Gardener's Magazine, the reader will find some improvements on the plan of the former Volumes. These are, the accentuation of betanic names; the indication of generic names as, commemorative, classical, aboriginal, or composed; and, when specific names are Englished, the literal meaning given. The details and the advantages of these improvements are ex plained 1n Vol. II. P. 447. Taking a general view of the improvements in gardening which are recorded 1n this Volume, the leading feature, and one of very considerable interest in the exotic is the mode of heating hot-houses by hot water. Though the invention was made above half a century ago in France, and applied there for artificial incubation, as well as to the hot - houses in the Jardin des Plantes, it does not appear to have been introduced into England till the year 1815, when the house No.1. In Russel Place, London, was heated in this manner by the Comte Chabannes, and afterwards the hot-houses at Sundridge Park by the same individual, in 1816 and 1817. The use of steam withdrew for a time the attention of engineers from the subject of hot water; but that element has again'been resorted to, apparently without any knowledge of what had been already done by others, by Mr. Whale and Mr. Atkinson. Neither of these gentlemen, it appears, was aware of M. Bonne main 's invention in Paris, in 1777, or the Comte Chabanne' s oper ations in London and at Sundridge Park. Mr. Tredgold (p. Has claimed for Mr. Atkinson the merit of having first success fully applied the hot water system to hot-houses in England; and, unquestionably, Mr. Atkinson' s apparatus of 1822, is more simple than that of the Comte Chabannes at Sundridge Park of 1816, though not more effectual. The details of which the above is the summary, will be found 1n pages 186. 254. 365 368 and 423 - 432 and further information on the subject, received even since thishprefiace was prepared for the press, is unavoidably reserved for our succeeding Volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
